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=GENERA OF PTERIDOSPERMS, FERNS, AND= PLANTAE INCERTAE SEDIS. Pp. 484–580.

Taeniopteris 485–494; Weichselia 494–496; Glossopteris 496–512; Gangamopteris 512–517; Lesleya 517–519; Neuropteridium 519–523; Cardiopteris 523–525; Aphlebia 525–529; Sphenopteris 529–532; Mariopteris, Diplotmema, Palmatopteris 532–537; Cephalotheca 537; Thinnfeldia 537–544; Lomatopteris 544–546; Cycadopteris 546; Ptilozamites 546–548; Ctenopteris 548–550; Dichopteris 550–552; Odontopteris 552–556; Callipteris 557–559; Callipteridium 560; Archaeopteris 552–565; Neuropteris 565–571; Cyclopteris 571, 572; Linopteris 572, 573; Alethopteris 573–576; Lonchopteris 576; Pecopteris 576–580.

INDEX Pp. 609–624

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Several of the illustrations are printed from blocks for which I am indebted to learned societies or to individuals. The sources from which clichés were obtained are mentioned within square brackets.

FRONTISPIECE. Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii (Eich.). From a photograph given to me by Dr Kidston and Mr Gwynne-Vaughan. (Page 329.)

FIG. PAGE 112. Sphenophyllostachys 2 113. ╭ Sphenophyllostachys Römeri 3 ┤ Sphenophyllum trichomatosum ╰ S. majus 114, 115. Sphenophyllostachys fertilis 4, 5 [Council of the Royal Society of London.] 116. Sphenophyllostachys Dawsoni 6 [Mr A. G. Tansley, Editor of the New Phytologist.] 117. ╭ Cheirostrobus pettycurensis 8 ╰ Pseudobornia ursina 118. Psilotum triquetrum 18 119. Psilotum triquetrum (anatomy) 20 120. Tmesipteris tannensis 22 121. Lycopodium (seven species) 35 122. Lycopodium squarrosum 36 123. Lycopodium cernuum 37 124. Lycopodium obscurum 38 125. Lycopodium (anatomy of stem) 41 126. Lycopodium (anatomy of cones) 45 127–129. Lycopodium cernuum (cone) 47–49 [Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.] 130. Selaginella grandis 50 131. Selaginella (anatomy) 52 132. ╭ Isoetes echinospora 59 ╰ I. lacustris 133. Isoetes lacustris (anatomy) 62 134. Pleuromeia Sternbergi 70 135. Selaginellites and Lycopodites 80 136. Lycopodites lanceolatus 81 [Council of the Geological Society of London.] 137. Lycopodites falcatus 83 138. Selaginellites primaevus 86 139. Lycostrobus Scotti 89 140. Picea excelsa 94 141. Lepidodendron Sternbergii 97 142. Sigillaria (leaves) 98 143. Lepidodendron (leaves) 99 144. Lepidodendron Veltheimianum 101 145. Lepidodendron leaf-cushion 102 146. Lepidodendron and Lepidophloios leaf-cushions 104 147. Lepidophloios leaf-cushion 108 148–155. Lepidodendron vasculare 112–122 156. Knorria mirabilis 125 157. Lepidodendron Veltheimianum (Ulodendron) 129 158. Diagrammatic section illustrating the branch-theory of the Ulodendroid scar 132 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 159. Pinus clausa 134 160. Lepidophloios scoticus 135 161. Halonia tortuosa 136 162–167. Lepidodendron fuliginosum 143–147 [Council of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.] 168. Lepidodendron vasculare and L. fuliginosum 148 169. Lepidodendron fuliginosum 149 170–172. L. fuliginosum 150–152 173. Lepidodendron obovatum 154 174–176. Lepidodendron aculeatum 155, 156 [Oxford University Press: Annals of Botany.] 177. Stigmaria radiculosa 157 178. Stigmarian rootlet 158 179. Lepidodendron Harcourtii and L. fuliginosum 162 180. Lepidodendron Wünschianum 163 181, 182. L. Wünschianum 165, 166 183, 184. L. Wünschianum 168, 169 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 185. Lepidodendron Veltheimianum 173 186. L. Veltheimianum and L. macrophyllum 176 187. Lepidodendron australe 179 [Dr H. Woodward, Editor of the Geological Magazine.] 188, 189. Lepidostrobus 183, 184 190. Lepidodendron and Lepidostrobi 186 191. Lepidostrobus 188 192. Spencerites insignis 193 [Oxford University Press: Annals of Botany.] 193. Sigillaria elegans, S. rugosa, S. tessellata, Omphalophloios anglicus 197 194. Sigillaria McMurtriei 199 195. Sigillaria mammillaris 199 196. Sigillaria Brardi, S. laevigata, and Lepidodendron Wortheni 200 197. Carica sp. 202 198, 199. Sigillaria 205, 206 200. Sigillaria Brardi 212 201. Sigillariostrobus 216 202. Sigillaria elegans and S. elongata 220 203. Sigillaria Brardi 225 204, 205. Stigmaria ficoides 227, 228 206. Cyperus papyrus 230 207, 208. Stages in the development of Sigillaria 236 209. Stigmariopsis 237 210. Stigmaria 241 211. Bothrodendron punctatum 250 212. Bothrodendron minutifolium, B. punctatum, B. kiltorkense and Lepidostrobus Olryi 252 213. Bothrodendron minutifolium 254 214. Bothrodendron Leslei 258 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 215. Bothrodendron mundum 259 216. Bothrostrobus 263 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 217. Omphalophloios 265 218. Lepidocarpon Lomaxi 273 219. Miadesmia and Bothrodendron 276 220. Angiopteris evecta and Cycas revoluta 283 221. Osmunda cinnamomea, O. regalis, and Todea barbara 286 222. Schizaea elegans 287 223. Aneimia rotundifolia 288 224. Aneimia flexuosa, A. phyllitidis, Hymenophyllum, Matonia pectinata, Thyrsopteris elegans, Gleichenia 289 225. Gleichenia dicarpa 290 226. Gleichenites Rostafinskii, Gleichenia dicarpa, G. dichotoma 290 227. Matonia pectinata 292 [Council of the Royal Society.] 228. Matonia pectinata 293 229. Thyrsopteris elegans, Cyathea spinulosa, Dicksonia coniifolia, D. culcita, Davallia concinna, Alsophila excelsa 294 230. Dicksonia Bertervana 295 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 231. Dipteris quinquefurcata, D. conjugata, D. Wallichii, and Polypodium quercifolium 297 232. Davallia aculeata 299 233. Polypodium Billardieri 302 234. Polypodium quercifolium 303 235. Hemitelia capensis 304 236 a, 236 b. Pteris aquilina 305, 306 [Council of the Linnean Society of London.] 237. Matonia pectinata, Matonidium, Gleichenia dicarpa, and Trichomanes reniforme (anatomy) 310 238. Trichomanes scandens 311 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 239. Platyzoma microphylla 312 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 240. Cyathea Imrayana 313 [Editor of the New Phytologist.]. 241. Angiopteris evecta and Marattia fraxinea 317 242. Angiopteris evecta and Danaea 318 243, 244. Angiopteris evecta 319 245. Marattia fraxinea, M. Kaulfussii, Kaulfussia, and Marattiopsis Münsteri 320 246. Ophioglossum vulgatum 322 247. Botrychium virginianum 322 248. Zalesskya gracilis 327 249. Zalesskya diploxylon 328 250. Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii 330 251. Lonchopteris virginiensis 331 252. Osmundites Dunlopi 333 253, 254. Osmundites Kolbei 334, 335 [Editor of the Geological Magazine.] 255. O. Kolbei 336 256. Cladophlebis denticulata, Todites Williamsoni, Discopteris Rallii, Kidstonia heracleensis, and Todeopsis primaeva 340 257, 258. Cladophlebis denticulata 342, 345 259. Klukia exilis 348 [Council of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.] 260. Ruffordia Goepperti 349 261. Chrysodium lanzaeanum, Lygodium Kaulfussi, Marattia Hookeri 350 262. Gleichenites longipennis, G. delicatula, G. Nordenskioldi and G. Zippei 354 263. Gleichenites hantonensis 356 [Council of the Palaeontographical Society.] 264. Laccopteris elegans 357 [Council of the Royal Society.] 265. Matonidium Wiesneri, Marattiopsis marantacea, Gleichenites gracilis, Laccopteris Goepperti, and L. Muensteri 358 266. Laccopteris polypodioides 359 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 267. Laccopteris 359 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 268. ? Laccopteris polypodioides 360 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 269. Matonidium Goepperti 362 [Editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.] 270. Senftenbergia elegans, Oligocarpia Brongniartii, Trichomanes sp., Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, Sphenopteris (Hymenophyllites) quadridactylites 364 271. Coniopteris hymenophylloides 368 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 272. C. hymenophylloides 369 273. Coniopteris quinqueloba 370 274. Coniopteris arguta 371 275. Coniopteris arguta and C. hymenophylloides 372 276. Oncopteris Nettvalli 373 277. Protopteris punctata 373 278. Laccopteris polypodioides, L. Muensteri, Dicksonia, Onychiopsis Mantelli, Hausmannia Sewardi, H. Kohlmanni, and Protopteris Witteana 374 279. Adiantides antiquus and A. lindsayoides 376 280. Onychiopsis Mantelli 379 281. Dictyophyllum exile 381 282. Dictyophyllum Nilssoni, Rhizomopteris Schenki, Camptopteris spiralis, and D. exile 382 283. Dictyophyllum rugosum 384 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 284. Thaumatopteris Münsteri 386 285. Clathropteris meniscoides 387 286. Clathropteris egyptiaca 388 [Editor of the Geological Magazine.] 287. Camptopteris spiralis 389 288. Hausmannia dichotoma 391 289. Hausmannia sp. 393 290. Alethopteris lonchitica, Lonchopteris rugosa, Sphenopteris Hoeninghausi, Parapecopteris neuropteroides,and Pecopteris (Dactylotheca) plumosa 399 291. Ptychocarpus unita, Asterotheca Sternbergii, Danaeites sarepontanus, Hawlea Miltoni, H. pulcherrima, Scolecopteris elegans 400 292. Dactylotheca plumosa 405 293. D. plumosa 406 294. Nathorstia angustifolia and N. latifolia 410 295. Psaronius 414 296. Psaronius infarctus, P. coalescens, P. musaeformis, and P. asterolithus 416 297. Pecopteris Sterzeli 419 298. Caulopteris peltigera and Megaphyton insigne 421 299. Ptychopteris 423 300. Dicksonia antarctica 424 301. Rhacopteris sp. 427 302. Noeggerathia foliosa 429 303. Chiropteris Zeilleri 430 [Annals of the South African Museum.] 304. Tubicaulis solenites 435 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 305. Botryopteris cylindrica 439 306. Botryopteris ramosa 441 307. Botryopteris antiqua 442 308. Clepsydropsis antiqua, Etapteris Scotti, Diplolabis forensis, Zygopteris primaria, Stauropteris oldhamia 444 309. Diplolabis forensis, Botryopteris forensis, Corynepteris coralloides, Schizopteris pinnata 445 310. Metaclepsydropsis duplex, Stauropteris oldhamia, Ankyropteris scandens 450 311. Ankyropteris Grayi 451 312. Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii, Ankyropteris corrugata, A. bibractensis 453 313. Ankyropteris bibractensis 454 314. Ankyropteris corrugata 457 315. Ankyropteris corrugata 458 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 316, 317. Ankyropteris corrugata 459, 460 318. Etapteris Scotti 462 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 319. Etapteris, Botryopteris forensis 463 320. Stauropteris oldhamia 464 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 321. Stauropteris oldhamia 467 322. Stauropteris oldhamia 468 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 323. Stauropteris 469 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 324. Asterochlaena laxa 472 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 325. Sporocarp-like bodies (? Sagenopteris) 478 326. Regnellidium diphyllum, Sagenopteris rhoifolia 479 327. Sagenopteris Phillipsi 480 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 328. Sagenopteris Phillipsi 481 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 329. Taeniopteris multinervis, Lesleya Delafondi 487 330. Taeniopteris Carnoti, T. spatulata, T. coriacea 490 331. Taeniopteris Carruthersi 491 [Annals of the South African Museum.] 332. Taeniopteris vittata 493 333. Weichselia Mantelli, W. erratica 495 334. Glossopteris Browniana 499 [Council of the Geological Society of London.] 335, 336. Glossopteris Browniana 500, 501 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 337. Vertebraria indica 502 338. Vertebraria indica, Onoclea struthiopteris 503 339. Glossopteris fronds attached to rhizome 504 340, 341. Glossopteris indica, G. angustifolia 506, 507 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 342. Glossopteris angustifolia var. taeniopteroides 508 [Council of the Geological Society.] 343. Blechnoxylon talbragarense 509 344. Glossopteris retifera 511 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 345. Gangamopteris cyclopteroides 515 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 346. Arberia sp. 517 347. Lesleya simplicinervis 518 348. Neuropteridium validum 520 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 349. Neuropteridium intermedium 522 350. Cardiopteris frondosa 524 351. Gunnera manicata 527 352. Sphenopteris obtusiloba, Pecopteris arborescens, Sphenopteris furcata 529 353. Sphenopteris affinis 531 354. Palmatopteris, Mariopteris, Diplotmema Zeilleri, Neuropteris macrophylla, N. heterophylla, N. Scheuchzeri, Alloiopteris Essinghii 535 355. Cephalotheca mirabilis 536 356. Thinnfeldia odontopteroides, Ptilozamites 539 [Council of the Geological Society.] 357. Thinnfeldia odontopteroides 540 [Council of the Geological Society.] 358. Thinnfeldia odontopteroides 541 [Annals of the South African Museum.] 359. Thinnfeldia rhomboidalis 542 360. Lomatopteris jurensis, L. Schimperi, Thinnfeldia rhomboidalis 544 361. Ptilozamites Heeri 547 362. Ctenopteris cycadea 549 363. Dichopteris visianica 551 364. Alethopteris lonchitica, Mariopteris muricata, Odontopteris cf. alpina 553 365. Odontopteris minor 554 366. Odontopteris genuina, Callipteridium gigas, Callipteris Pellati, C. lyratifolia 557 367. Callipteris conferta 559 368. Archaeopteris hibernica 561 369. Archaeopteris hibernica, A. archetypus, A.fissilis, A. fimbriata 564 370. Neuropteris with Cyclopteris leaflets 566 [From a block received from Mr Carruthers.] 371. Neuropteris heterophylla 568 372. Neuropteris macrophylla 569 373. Neuropteris Scheuchzeri 570 374. Linopteris neuropteroides 573 375. Alethopteris Serlii 575 376. Pecopteris arborescens 578

ERRATA IN VOL. I

Page 16, line 4. For “The North American Tulip tree” read The Tulip tree of North America and China.

„ 66, line 2 from the bottom. For “Browera” read Berowra.

„ 127, line 3 and 4 from bottom. For Achyla and Palaeachyla read Achlya and Palaeachlya.

„ 145, lines 4 and 5. For “Upper Greensand” read Lower Eocene.

„ 162, line 3 from bottom. For “Corallina barbata” read Cymopolia barbata.

„ 170, line 20. For “sporangiaphore” read sporangiophore.

„ 185, line 2. The genera Udotea and Halimeda, members of the Siphoneae, are incorrectly included under the Corallinaceae.

„ 191, line 11 from bottom. Omit Chondrus crispus, which is one of the Florideae and not a Brown Alga.

„ 202, line 13. For “Halmeda” read Halimeda.

„ 250, line 11. For “three” read the.

„ 381, line 10. For “Calamopytus” read Calamopitys.

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